Health, perceived quality of life and health services use among homeless illicit drug users

Amore, 2011, The ETHOS definition and classification of homelessness: an analysis, Eur. J. Homelessness, 5, 19 Beaulieu, 2012, The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) task force recommendations for the management of patients with mood disorders and comorbid substance use disorders, Ann. Clin. Psychiatry, 24, 38 Bradley, 2007, AUDIT-C as a brief screen for alcohol misuse in primary care, Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 31, 1208, 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00403.x Canavan, 2012, Service provision and barriers to care for homeless people with mental health problems across 14 European capital cities, BMC Health Serv. Res., 12, 222, 10.1186/1472-6963-12-222 Central Statistics Office, 2012 Christiani, 2008, Attitudes of homeless and drug-using youth regarding barriers and facilitators in delivery of quality and culturally sensitive health care, J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry Nurs., 21, 154, 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00139.x Citizens Information Board, 2014, Homelessness, Relate, 7 Comisky, 2009, The ROSIE study Conner, 2008, Meta-analysis of depression and substance use and impairment among cocaine users, Drug Alcohol Depend., 98, 13, 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.05.005 Costenbader, 2007, The impact of illicit drug use and harmful drinking on quality of life among injection drug users at high risk for hepatitis C infection, Drug Alcohol Depend., 89, 251, 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.01.006 Delgadillo, 2011, How reliable is depression screening in alcohol and drug users?. A validation of brief and ultra-brief questionnaires, J. Affect. Disord., 134, 266, 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.017 Domingo-Salvany, 2010, Gender differences in health related quality of life of young heroin users, Health Qual. Life Outcomes, 8, 145, 10.1186/1477-7525-8-145 Edgar, 2003, 49 Ezzati, 2002, Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease, Lancet, 360, 1347, 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11403-6 Fan, 2006, Tooth retention, tooth loss and use of dental care among long-term narcotics abusers, Subst. Abuse, 27, 25, 10.1300/J465v27n01_04 Fazel, 2008, The prevalence of mental disorders among the homeless in western countries: systematic review and meta-regression analysis, PLoS Med., 5, e225, 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225 Fischer, 2005, Illicit opioid use in Canada: comparing social, health, and drug use characteristics of untreated users in five cities (OPICAN study), J. Urban Health, 82, 250, 10.1093/jurban/jti049 Fortin, 2007, Multimorbidity's many challenges, BMJ, 334, 1016, 10.1136/bmj.39201.463819.2C French, 2000, Chronic illicit drug use, health services utilization and the cost of medical care, Soc. Sci. Med., 50, 1703, 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00411-6 Hadland, 2011, Depressive symptoms and patterns of drug use among street youth, J. Adolesc. Health, 48, 585, 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.09.009 Holohan, 2000, Health and homelessness in Dublin, Ir. Med. J., 93, 41 Hwang, 2001, Homelessness and health, CMAJ, 164, 229 Islam, 2012, The accessibility, acceptability, health impact and cost implications of primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: a narrative synthesis of literature, Int. J. Drug Policy, 23, 94, 10.1016/j.drugpo.2011.08.005 Kay, 2010, Substance use and women's health, J. Addict. Dis., 29, 139, 10.1080/10550881003684640 Keogh, 2015, Health and use of health services of people who are homeless and at risk of homelessness who receive free primary health care in Dublin, BMC Health Serv. Res., 15, 58, 10.1186/s12913-015-0716-4 Kushel, 2001, Factors associated with the health care utilization of homeless persons, JAMA, 285, 200, 10.1001/jama.285.2.200 Larson, 2002, Use of the SF-12 instrument for measuring the health of homeless persons, Health Serv. Res., 37, 733, 10.1111/1475-6773.00046 Laudet, 2009, Don’t wanna go through that madness no more: quality of life satisfaction as predictor of sustained remission from illicit drug misuse, Subst. Use Misuse, 44, 227, 10.1080/10826080802714462 Lawless, 2005, Drug use among the homeless population in Ireland Martens, 2001, A review of physical and mental health in homeless persons, Public Health Rev., 29, 13 Meshesha, 2013, Days of heroin use predict poor self-reported health in hospitalized heroin users, Addict. Behav., 38, 2884, 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.002 Millson, 2006, Determinants of health-related quality of life of opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone programs, Eur. Addict. Res., 12, 74, 10.1159/000090426 National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) and Drug and Alcohol Information and Research Unit (DAIRU), 2006 O’Carroll, 2008, Health of the homeless in Dublin: has anything changed in the context of Ireland's economic boom?, Eur. J. Public Health, 18, 448, 10.1093/eurpub/ckn038 Palepu, 2013, Daily substance use and mental health symptoms among a cohort of homeless adults in Vancouver, British Columbia, J. Urban Health, 90, 740, 10.1007/s11524-012-9775-6 Rhoades, 2011, The social context of homeless men's substance use, Drug Alcohol Depend., 118, 320, 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.04.011 Robbins, 2010, Health and oral health care needs and health care-seeking behavior among homeless injection drug users in San Francisco, J. Urban Health, 87, 920, 10.1007/s11524-010-9498-5 Ryan, 1996, Health status at entry to methadone maintenance treatment using the SF-36 health survey questionnaire, Addiction, 91, 39, 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb03160.x Stein, 1998, The functioning and well being of persons who seek treatment for drug and alcohol use, J. Subst. Abuse, 10, 75, 10.1016/S0899-3289(99)80142-4 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013 Thakarar, 2015, Predictors of frequent emergency room visits among a homeless population, PLoS ONE, 10, e0124552, 10.1371/journal.pone.0124552 Torchalla, 2011, Substance use and predictors of substance dependence in homeless women, Drug Alcohol Depend., 118, 173, 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.03.016 Torrens, 1997, Use of the Nottingham Health Profile for measuring health status of patients in methadone maintenance treatment, Addiction, 92, 707, 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02937.x van den Akker, 1998, Multimorbidity in general practice: prevalence, incidence, and determinants of co-occurring chronic and recurrent diseases, J. Clin. Epidemiol., 51, 367, 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00306-5 von Elm, 2007, The strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies, Lancet, 370, 1453, 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61602-X Ward, 2009 World Health Organization, 1998, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties, Soc. Sci. Med., 46, 1569, 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00009-4 Wright, 2006, How can health services effectively meet the health needs of homeless people?, Br. J. Gen. Pract., 56, 286